And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The instincts they are born with are amazing. A male I had literally knew what I wanted him to do as though he could read my mind. A female I had needed virtually no training when it came to moving cattle. She just knew.
One time when we were gathering she brought in 6 mother cows and their calves that we didn't even know we had missed. Not a word had been said to her. All we had to do was open the gate to the corral. That was just one of the times she blew my mind. There were many more.
Those are magic dogs!
ReplyDeleteThe instincts they are born with are amazing. A male I had literally knew what I wanted him to do as though he could read my mind. A female I had needed virtually no training when it came to moving cattle. She just knew.
DeleteOne time when we were gathering she brought in 6 mother cows and their calves that we didn't even know we had missed. Not a word had been said to her. All we had to do was open the gate to the corral. That was just one of the times she blew my mind. There were many more.
Is that an Australian Cattle Dog?
ReplyDeleteThat's probably a good guess, based on physical appearance alone.
Deletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Cattle_Dog
So many great dogs, so little time. Sigh.
My two favorite (and best) dogs were a Border Collie/Tricolor Aussie cross (the male) and a Border Collie/Kelpie cross. She was wicked smart.